Bracteantha plant named ‘Antique Shades’

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2001-03-28

2003-02-11

Campell, Bruce R. (Department: 1661)

Plants

Herbaceous ornamnental flowering plant

Helichrysum

Plant Patent

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PP013559

ABSTRACT:

LATIN NAME OF THE GENUS AND SPECIES OF PLANT CLAIMED
Bracteantha bracteata.
VARIETY DEMONINATIION
‘Antique Shades’.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention comprises a new and distinct Bracteantha plant, botanically known as
Bracteantha bracteata
and hereinafter referred to by the cultivar name ‘Antique Shades’ characterized by its pale purple flowers.
The new cultivar was developed by the inventor through a controlled breeding program at New South Wales, Australia.
The female (seed) parent of ‘Antique Shades’ was the cultivar ‘Spectrum’ (not patented in the United States), characterized by its medium tall plant height and red-purple bract color. The male (pollen) parent of ‘Antique Shades’ was the cultivar ‘Diamond Head’ (not patented in the United States), characterized by its yellow bract color. ‘Antique Shades’ was selected as one of the flowering progeny of the above cross.
Asexual reproduction of the new cultivar has been carried out in Arroyo Grande, Calif. and West Chicago, Ill. Such asexual reproduction, by terminal cuttings, has demonstrated that the characteristics of the new cultivar as herein described are firmly fixed and retained through successive generations of such asexual propagation.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
It was found that the cultivar of the present invention:
(a) exhibits pale purple flowers,
(b) forms medium green foliage,
(c) exhibits a good basal branching character, and
(d) exhibits an upright growth habit.
When the new cultivar of the present invention is compared to Florabella ‘Pink’, it is found that the new cultivar is more compact, exhibits different pubescence on stems and leaves and has flowers of a darker purple color as detailed in TABLE 1, below.
TABLE 1
FLORABELLA
CHARACTERISTIC
‘ANTIQUE SHADES’
‘PINK’
PLANT HEIGHT-cm
18
23
PLANT DIAMETER-cm
30
22
# LATERAL BRANCHES
9
10
INTERNODE LENGTH-cm
4
mm
1.5
cm
STEM TEXTURE
HIRSUTE
TOMENTOSE
LEAF LENGTH-cm
7.2
8
PENDUNCLE LENGTH-cm
6
7.5
PENDUNCLE TEXTURE
PUBERULENT
TOMENTOSE
INFLORESCENCE
3.7
4.2
DIAMETER-CM

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